Trailer Tuesday: Final TWILIGHT Trailer

Just in from Summit Entertainment: The final Twilight trailer before the film’s November 21 release. Sure, there are about 1000 places to enjoy this, but we’re really impressed with Summit’s marketing, so we’re joining in.

Twilight is destined for huge success, well-positioned to capture the audience that’s already devoured (vampire joke!) about 17 million copies of author […]

Review Roundup: BODY OF LIES, EXPRESS, QUARANTINE

This week, the studios have once again carefully programmed and counter-programmed with a movie for just about every taste: To start, a Ridley Scott thriller with major stars, a sports biopic and a freaky horror remake.  
We had planned to round up more movies from last week’s avalanche, but nah. What’d we miss, An American Carol? Please. Let’s move on […]

Scary Movies “Piece by Piece”

Every Thursday until October 30th, I’ll be sitting in front of a big screen live-blogging some super scary (and maybe sometimes super cheesy) films all in the spirit of Halloween. I’ll be breaking down the movie moment by moment and adding in whatever trivia tidbits I cough up. Feel free to watch along and live-comment!
Our […]

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 Rules the World

Didn’t you hear? You can love all the intriguing, beguiling indie movies you desire, all the big-bomber Michael Bay-style Hollywood features you want… but it’s really High School Musical’s world. The rest of us are just paying rent. At least according to Disney.
The Mouse House has been giddily sending us photos from a whirlwind of […]

More on Clint Eastwood’s CHANGELING

As a follow-up to Norm’s post about Clint Eastwood’s latest, a based-on-truth film about LAPD corruption that went back to the 1920s, here’s my take.
You probably know the story: Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins, a mother whose child goes missing in the night. Five months later, the LAPD deliver her son back to her — only […]

Judd Apatow’s FUNNY PEOPLE Begins Shooting

According to the good folks at Universal, Judd Apatow’s Funny People is now officially in production, having started filming in L.A. this week. While Apatow is a prolific writer and producer, this is only his third film as director (following two iconic comedies, The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up). From top to bottom, Funny People is […]